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Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Philip Barbar, Reuters (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge refused on Thursday to block Arizona’s Republican governor, who has long clashed with Washington over immigration reform, from denying driver’s licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government. Civil rights groups had filed

By Associated Press/Boston Globe PHOENIX — Arizona ­authorities say a package to ­Sheriff Joe Arpaio would have exploded if opened, leading to serious injuries or death. Maricopa County Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan made the comment on Friday...

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The Associated Press reports that the State of Arizona is at it again. This time the State’s legal arm, along with Gov. Jan Brewer, is defending itself against the federal government that seeks...

By Jacques Billeaud and Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press/TIME The Supreme Court will consider the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents proving their U.S. citizenship before registering to...

By Sean Sullivan, Washington Post Richard Carmona, the former surgeon general who lost a close Senate race in 2012, won’t be running for governor next year, the Democrat has announced. “I’m not ruling out seeking elected office in...

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We’re big fans of Tony Diaz, AKA el Librotraficante, and the work he’s doing to shed light on the issue of banned Latino books. When the books were banned in Arizona, he became...

By Amanda J. Crawford, Bloomberg Arizona lawmakers may make it a felony for community groups or political committees to gather and submit mail ballots before elections, a strategy used by Latino activists and others to boost voter participation. The...

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino These days, voting is largely uneventful. You show up at the polls, check in, vote, and get your sticker. Long gone are the days of having to take a literacy test,...

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco No one said selling immigration reform was going to be easy. Sure, there seems to be bipartisan agreement that reform should be done, especially after the schooling that the GOP received regarding Latino...

By Latino Rebels On January 30, the Mexican national soccer team (known as “El Tri”) is scheduled to play Denmark in an international friendly at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. According to Milenio, there is a...

By Griselda Nevárez, Voxxi Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who ran an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in Arizona last November, is now considering running for governor in 2014. Carmona, who is of Puerto Rican descent, lost...